Necessity4Fun
I'll keep trying, even if I'm not good enough...
Sage had grimmaced sightly with an 'oops' when Leo had finally stopped laughing at his stumbles through sentences and looked at the ice-cream. Or well, what had once been an ice-cream cone and was now just the cone part and a light brown sugary puddle. It got him to try and internally think back on how many times he had tried ice-cream in life and to be honest, it was probably less times than he had a hamburger... Unless the tempura version from one or another event counted too.
"Aww man, I'm sorry about that, It's trying to keep me from being cold. Maybe I should have said something earlier...", the pyromancer had glanced away with a nervous laugh, "We could surround it with a Frost Array and re-freeze it but, eh it's on the floor now... That'd be extremely unhygienic.", he had half-joked with the idea, chuckling to himself, "And would just make cleaning it harder."
When the other had said it was fine and there was probably more on the ship though, the young man had replied with an 'if you say so' as he shrugged playfully, only to seem legitimately surprised that you could take a bite out of the cone itself and come to a full halt. Uhh what?! Those things were edible? It was made of... some kind of cookie?? He had blinked in confusion at the scene a couple of times, baffled.
Before he could have said anything else, however, the duo had been approached by a huge robot thing! The black and gold machine was a bit bulk at places, and sightly intimidating at a first glance. It also seemed to be quite at home in the strange bright techy room. But what had taken the Descendant off-guard the most had to be the fact that from it echoed a teen-like voice too!
And they sounded just as confused and distressed about things...
"Okay uhh, not really bothering, though I have no idea who or what 'Orkin' is supposed to be. Your world's Deity, perhaps?", wait, getting sidetracked there, "Explanation! Right. So, we're the Multiverse Protection Foundation on a quest to save it from total annihilation?", he kept glancing at Leo to gauge whether he was doing a good job at it, "And we keep landing in worlds that need our help so we do that! Defeat evil, save stuff, all the things! And this time we're...........in Space. ...Ho boy."
Oh, nevermind, Jason gave the run through too, and as always infinitely times better than Sage ever could. Oh well, he tried.
And the kid had apologized! The pyromancer was quite amused and pleasantly surprised with the bow, quickly scrambling to give the other his own, a typical 90-degree Oriental bow rather than the machine's one, which resembled a martial arts one instead. Finally a bow exchange instead of a handshake!
"Hey, it's okay! I've been summoned like this before, it's understandably disorienting. No harm done~", the young man had replied with a sympathetic smile, "Name's Sage, Sage Kaelber! Unless you'd prefer to shorten it to Sey, that's also a thing. I may not know a lot of stuff, but this kind of situation is something I'm rather used to by now, so like, don't hesitate to call if you need help with that, got it?"
The Descendant had waved at the machine, with what he assumed was a pilot inside, the whole time it had stepped away, feeling both accomplished and peaceful for once. He had kinda shot Kyou's direction a brief glance, but then ultimately decided against going there so early. If anything, this was just fine, instead, leaning against the wall and looking at the ceiling lights without thinking of anything, just, enjoying being alive for a moment. As Leo kept nibbling at the cookie-like cone beside him.
If it had remained calm like this, he'd not have complained...
But, this is the multiverse after all, wacky and action-packed was most of the menu.
...Did they really have to break down the door like that?
Sage had sighed as he had caught sight of Rex and that Oriental person he had never learned the name of practically assaulting this poor entry-way, making a mess out of metallic parts before both of its halves had been dropped into the ground with a loud impact. Impatient much? Couldn't they just wait for someone else to come open it for them or even attempted something not as destructive as that? He sure hoped no one would try and bill them for the damage... Everything seemed way out of their league in here!
And just like that, resting times were over. Too bad, he had been quite happy with it. Getting away from the wall and back into his feet, the pyromancer had cocked his head towards the door with a shrug, as if to tell Leo 'well, it doesn't hurt to check it out' and approached the beat down door. He did stop by it for a moment, paying his respects to the slain object with the Sign of the Heart, an object that had once just been serving its purpose before being so ruthlessly put out of commission... Only then had he truly turned around to see beyond the opening and well... It was pretty bad.
For starters, he continued without knowing how to classify anything according to Feng Shui, the assault of colors and forms was nothing short of visual polution. He felt mildly dizzy just by seeing it all, moving and changing images so fast. If the past ten or so minutes had been the pinnacle of casual, chill moments; This here was the complete opposite of it! Torrents of information, of people coming and going, so quick. TOO QUICK. It didn't seem like anyone in this location was appreciating their lives as they should. Everything was just, gone in a flash... It was incredibly sad. Someone had taken the idea of Transitions to a new extreme and the result was... twisted.
"That's in no way what we preach!", this was making him legitimately upset to look at, "You're not supposed to fully detach from things, even less yourself!", the fire-aura ignited as a distressed pyromancer had begun to yell his beliefs at the indifferent crowd as if running a sermon, "Being prepared for when they end, it's different from speeding that end up to the point it can't be felt!! You've completely ditched the Body, Mind, Spirit balance too!! How can anyone LIVE LIKE THIS?! CAN YOU EVEN FEEL ANYTHING AS YOUR LIFE PASSES UNNOTICED BY YOU?!"
After a couple moments of standing there, worked up and panting, Sage would finally sigh in defeat and allow himself to cool down again... He, hated everything about what he was seeing right now, it went against everything that he had been taught and everything that he stood for. What kind of monster ran this facility?! What sort of brainwashing schemes had been used to reduce people to, to... Urgh! He didn't even have a word for it this is how awful everything was!!
"Unfortunately, I doubt any kind of ice-cream we'll find around here is safe for your health... Or anyone's health for that matter.", he had gloomily said at Leo, "And no way I'm wearing a branded jacket, as if, if-" calm down, calm down, breeeathe, "I condone any bit of this- cruelty! It's inhumane!! I'd rather continue with ragged fabric and pockets, thank you!"
As he handed his best friend the lollipop that Benedict had given him instead, as if trying to make up for the ruined ice-cream,the pyromancer glanced at everything with sad eyes unsure of what he felt the most. Melancholy, irritation or disgust.
And he had once thought that New Donk City had been bad already.
"Aww man, I'm sorry about that, It's trying to keep me from being cold. Maybe I should have said something earlier...", the pyromancer had glanced away with a nervous laugh, "We could surround it with a Frost Array and re-freeze it but, eh it's on the floor now... That'd be extremely unhygienic.", he had half-joked with the idea, chuckling to himself, "And would just make cleaning it harder."
When the other had said it was fine and there was probably more on the ship though, the young man had replied with an 'if you say so' as he shrugged playfully, only to seem legitimately surprised that you could take a bite out of the cone itself and come to a full halt. Uhh what?! Those things were edible? It was made of... some kind of cookie?? He had blinked in confusion at the scene a couple of times, baffled.
Before he could have said anything else, however, the duo had been approached by a huge robot thing! The black and gold machine was a bit bulk at places, and sightly intimidating at a first glance. It also seemed to be quite at home in the strange bright techy room. But what had taken the Descendant off-guard the most had to be the fact that from it echoed a teen-like voice too!
And they sounded just as confused and distressed about things...
"Okay uhh, not really bothering, though I have no idea who or what 'Orkin' is supposed to be. Your world's Deity, perhaps?", wait, getting sidetracked there, "Explanation! Right. So, we're the Multiverse Protection Foundation on a quest to save it from total annihilation?", he kept glancing at Leo to gauge whether he was doing a good job at it, "And we keep landing in worlds that need our help so we do that! Defeat evil, save stuff, all the things! And this time we're...........in Space. ...Ho boy."
Oh, nevermind, Jason gave the run through too, and as always infinitely times better than Sage ever could. Oh well, he tried.
And the kid had apologized! The pyromancer was quite amused and pleasantly surprised with the bow, quickly scrambling to give the other his own, a typical 90-degree Oriental bow rather than the machine's one, which resembled a martial arts one instead. Finally a bow exchange instead of a handshake!
"Hey, it's okay! I've been summoned like this before, it's understandably disorienting. No harm done~", the young man had replied with a sympathetic smile, "Name's Sage, Sage Kaelber! Unless you'd prefer to shorten it to Sey, that's also a thing. I may not know a lot of stuff, but this kind of situation is something I'm rather used to by now, so like, don't hesitate to call if you need help with that, got it?"
The Descendant had waved at the machine, with what he assumed was a pilot inside, the whole time it had stepped away, feeling both accomplished and peaceful for once. He had kinda shot Kyou's direction a brief glance, but then ultimately decided against going there so early. If anything, this was just fine, instead, leaning against the wall and looking at the ceiling lights without thinking of anything, just, enjoying being alive for a moment. As Leo kept nibbling at the cookie-like cone beside him.
If it had remained calm like this, he'd not have complained...
But, this is the multiverse after all, wacky and action-packed was most of the menu.
...Did they really have to break down the door like that?
Sage had sighed as he had caught sight of Rex and that Oriental person he had never learned the name of practically assaulting this poor entry-way, making a mess out of metallic parts before both of its halves had been dropped into the ground with a loud impact. Impatient much? Couldn't they just wait for someone else to come open it for them or even attempted something not as destructive as that? He sure hoped no one would try and bill them for the damage... Everything seemed way out of their league in here!
And just like that, resting times were over. Too bad, he had been quite happy with it. Getting away from the wall and back into his feet, the pyromancer had cocked his head towards the door with a shrug, as if to tell Leo 'well, it doesn't hurt to check it out' and approached the beat down door. He did stop by it for a moment, paying his respects to the slain object with the Sign of the Heart, an object that had once just been serving its purpose before being so ruthlessly put out of commission... Only then had he truly turned around to see beyond the opening and well... It was pretty bad.
For starters, he continued without knowing how to classify anything according to Feng Shui, the assault of colors and forms was nothing short of visual polution. He felt mildly dizzy just by seeing it all, moving and changing images so fast. If the past ten or so minutes had been the pinnacle of casual, chill moments; This here was the complete opposite of it! Torrents of information, of people coming and going, so quick. TOO QUICK. It didn't seem like anyone in this location was appreciating their lives as they should. Everything was just, gone in a flash... It was incredibly sad. Someone had taken the idea of Transitions to a new extreme and the result was... twisted.
"That's in no way what we preach!", this was making him legitimately upset to look at, "You're not supposed to fully detach from things, even less yourself!", the fire-aura ignited as a distressed pyromancer had begun to yell his beliefs at the indifferent crowd as if running a sermon, "Being prepared for when they end, it's different from speeding that end up to the point it can't be felt!! You've completely ditched the Body, Mind, Spirit balance too!! How can anyone LIVE LIKE THIS?! CAN YOU EVEN FEEL ANYTHING AS YOUR LIFE PASSES UNNOTICED BY YOU?!"
After a couple moments of standing there, worked up and panting, Sage would finally sigh in defeat and allow himself to cool down again... He, hated everything about what he was seeing right now, it went against everything that he had been taught and everything that he stood for. What kind of monster ran this facility?! What sort of brainwashing schemes had been used to reduce people to, to... Urgh! He didn't even have a word for it this is how awful everything was!!
"Unfortunately, I doubt any kind of ice-cream we'll find around here is safe for your health... Or anyone's health for that matter.", he had gloomily said at Leo, "And no way I'm wearing a branded jacket, as if, if-" calm down, calm down, breeeathe, "I condone any bit of this- cruelty! It's inhumane!! I'd rather continue with ragged fabric and pockets, thank you!"
As he handed his best friend the lollipop that Benedict had given him instead, as if trying to make up for the ruined ice-cream,the pyromancer glanced at everything with sad eyes unsure of what he felt the most. Melancholy, irritation or disgust.
And he had once thought that New Donk City had been bad already.
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